Lack of monsoon rain may not mean stocks pain
Indian stock markets have been awash with worries about a weak monsoon, but a look at the historic performance of the Sensex in the June-September season may dispel those fears.
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Harvesting in deep waters
With the spectre of acute water shortage staring at the state due to the weak progress of the monsoon, discussions are emerging as to how to tackle the days ahead up to the next monsoon.
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Rain failure: 3 farmers end lives
Three cotton farmers from three different places in the district committed suicide, consuming pesticide, in the course of the last 24 hours after they incurred losses due to their seeds not germinatin
India has not reached drought situation yet: Pawar
India has not reached the drought situation yet, although it faces the challenge of maintaining record foodgrains production due to weak monsoons this year, agriculture minster Sharad Pawar said here on Monday.
Rains lash city, leave roads flooded
After weeks of wait, Bengaluru finally soaked in the monsoon shower on Friday evening with many parts of city receiving rain for over two hours.
The weekend crowd, however, had to contend with traffi
Farmers go ahead with sowing
Farmers across the state have started sowing crops taking advantage of the intermittent rains in some places and with the available water resources at their disposal. The total area sown has gone up
Monsoon revives, drought fears diminish
India's monsoon rains were above average in the past week for the first time in the current season, the weather office said, as the downpours resumed after a worrying fortnight-long pause over the cen
Poor Maharashtra, Karnataka rains worry Pawar
Even though the monsoon has progressed in north India, the Centre is worried that poor rains in Karnataka and Maharashtra could adversely affect the production of coarse cereals, apart from putting s
Wind power dwindles, city faces power cuts
With a sudden drop in wind generation, power utilities across the state were left helpless, and in the end, had to resort to power cuts to make up for the shortage. The shortage was 450 MW in Bescom
With no rain, tankers make a killing
With the monsoon remaining weak and water levels low, Bengaluru is paying for it big time with a steep rise in price of water supplied by private tankers. Groundwater sources have not been recharged t